Turid Farbregd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Turid Farbregd

Norwegian translator

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1941

Place of Birth: Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway

Profession: translator, lexicographer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Turid Farbregd (born 1941) is a Norwegian philologist and translator.
She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1989, for her translation of poetry by Jaan Kaplinski into Norwegian language.
She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2013, for her translation of Katja Kettu's book Kätilö (The Midwife) into Norwegian.She was appointed Government scholar in 1995.